The Husky Howler

April's Grade 8 Career Workshop 

We welcomed three more Hudson parents for our third Grade 8 Career Workshop of the year. Students had the chance to learn about career paths in media and brand advertising, physiotherapy and music production!

Thank you to our speakers:

⭐️ Ben Seaton – CEO of UM Canada, Full Colour Media (Media and Brand Advertising Agency)

⭐️ Uma Ghosh – Pelvic Health Clinical Lead at Lifemark Health Group (Physiotherapist)

⭐️ Graham Walsh – Juno-Nominated Music Producer and Engineer

We’re so grateful these parents took time out of their busy schedules to speak with our students about their career journeys.

The 10th Annual Lower School Art Show

This year's Art Show made an absolute splash (and we couldn’t be prouder)!

This year’s theme, Underwater, allowed students from JK-Grade 8 to dive deep into their creativity – our main lobby and first floor hallway were transformed into a vibrant ocean-themed gallery which had visitors grinning from ear to ear.

Families and friends also had the chance to purchase student artwork, with all proceeds going towards Global Medic’s Wildfire Fund Canada. We raised over $2,300 to support wildfire relief efforts across Canada – thank you to everyone that donated!

A huge thank you to Madame Butscher, Janessa, the Lower School Art Club, and all of our student volunteers for making this beautiful show of creativity possible.

Check out this cute recap reel of the all art displayed!

Want to see photos from the event? Dive into the photo gallery on our Facebook page!

Ready, set, RACE! 🚙

Our Grade 6s had an amazing time during a full-day science workshop led by Relay Education! Tying into their current science unit on electricity, students spent the morning exploring renewable energy and solar power through interactive experiments. In the afternoon, they took on a design challenge: building solar-powered cars!

Afterward, they headed outside to put their solar creations to the test – congratulations to Grace, Minka, and Alina for taking first place (swipe to the end to watch their car zoom past the finish line)!

A huge thank you to Relay Education for an incredible day. Our students had so much fun harnessing their imaginations and honing their technical skills!

April Character Awards

April's character trait is self-discipline ✨ 

As Grade 2 student Sarah K. beautifully puts it: “Self-discipline is doing things even when you don’t want to. It’s important because if you show self-discipline, people will trust you to do things. I show self-discipline at school, because when I am tired I still do school work. I show self-discipline at home because when I don’t want to feed my dog I do it.” Well said, Sarah!

We’re so proud of the following Lower School students who have been recognized for demonstrating self-discipline this month:

JK: Imogen

SK: Sena

Grade 1: Joelle and Serena Y.

Grade 2: Marcelo and William

Grade 3: Matthew R. and Jordan

Grade 4: Hilton and Leo D.

Grade 5: Aarav

Grade 6: Ava M. and Samantha C.

Grade 6/7: Angelica and Olivia

Grade 7B: Kat and Samuel C.

Grade 7H: Sadie and Pedro

Grade 8H: Georgia and Heather

Grade 8V: Eva

Senior Production of MEAN GIRLS

This year’s Lower School Senior production of Mean Girls was seriously sooooo fetch 💅

Our talented Grade 7 and 8 students stepped into these roles with total main character energy and we all had a blast watching them light up the stage!

Shoutout to the co-directors, Mr. Veleno and Grade 8 student Paighton, as well as Mr. Pace and Michael for their incredible work behind the scenes on lights and sound!

And thank you to everyone who came out to support these rising stars. You guys weren’t regular audience members, you were cool ones 😉📹

If you missed the show, no worries – you can watch it here.

SSAF U12 Badminton Medalists

Our U12 Badminton team had a smashing time at the SSAF U12 Badminton Championships!

Our U12 Badminton team had a smashing Congratulations Grace and Jules for snagging second place in Girls Doubles and Julian and Clare for third place in Mixed Doubles 🏸

Junior Production of Murder on the Orion Express

This year’s Junior Production, “Murder on the Orion Express”, was an out-of-this-world blend of space adventure, murder mystery, and pop song covers remixed to fit the story 🪐

Written and directed by the one and only Mr. Minty, the show starred our talented Grade 5 and 6 students, who truly lit up on stage and had such an incredible time bringing this space-themed story to life!

Shout out to the amazing team behind the scenes: Michael Ho and Mr. Pace on tech, Kat on lighting, Generations TO for choreography, Mr. Burlock for stage direction, Tiff Heimpel for makeup, and our fantastic props crew: Lynette Bavington, Mr. Burlock, Grace C., Ava M., Oliver, and Alex J. Also a huge thank you to all the wonderful parents who helped provide and coordinate the costumes – this show wouldn’t have been the same without you! Last and definitely not least, thank you to Elysia Baldassarra for these spectacular photos of the show ✨

If you want to see more photos of the show, head to our Facebook page!

Missed the show? No worries – watch it here!

SSAF Girls U14 Soccer CHAMPIONS 🏆

Congratulations to our Girls U14 Soccer team for taking home the gold at this year's SSAF Championships!

Annual Speech Arts Competition 🎤

Our students captivated us at this year’s Speech Arts Competition with speeches on topics ranging from the importance of sleep and the benefits of sports to the history of Lego and the art of persuasion.

Junior Division Winners (Grades 4-6):

🥇 Ben B. – The History of Lego

🥈 Alice B.– The Art of Getting What You Want

🥉 Hera – Why I’m Proud to be Canadian

Senior Division Winners (Grades 7-8):

🥇 Lyla – Barbie, The Image of Feminism

🥈 Kai A. – The Weight of Our Society’s Beauty Standards

🥉 (Tied) Lucy B. – Wow, That Was Embarrassing

🥉 (Tied) Ruby P. – Because She is a Woman

Congratulations to all our participants for their hard work!

Watch the winners’ full speeches here.

Swimming, Art, and Gardening – Oh, My!

In April and May, our Grades 1–3 students spent their Tuesday mornings at BGC Dovercourt, diving into the Swim – Art – Garden Program! 

Each week, students rotated through swim lessons, hands-on art projects, and interactive science and gardening activities. They explored the basics of gardening, met painted lady caterpillars while learning about the butterfly life cycle, practiced plant identification, and even experimented with natural dyeing using plant fibres such as beets, red cabbage, and onion skins!

SSAF Track and Field Champions 

Our athletes had a blast at this year’s SSAF U12/Elem Track and Field Championships (and brought home a huge haul of medals).

Congratulations to all students that participated, especially our medalists across Grades 5–8!

Grade 5

🥉 Joseph K. – Standing Long Jump

Grade 6

🥉 Minka – Standing Long Jump

🥈 Grace F. – 1500M Race

🥇 Grace F. – Triple Jump

🥉 Samantha J. – Running Long Jump

🥉 Scarlett – Running Long Jump

Grade 7

🥈 Samantha M. – 100M Dash

🥇 Sydney K. – Standing Long Jump

🥇 Sadie – 100M Dash, Running Long Jump, 4x100M Relay

🥇 Mila K. – 400M Race

Grade 8

🥇 Freya – 4x100M Relay

🥈 Paighton – 1500M Relay

🥇 Gabby – 1500M Race, 4x100M Relay

🥈 Gabby – 100M Dash

🥇 Maria-Laura – Running Long Jump, 100M Dash, 400M Race, 4x100M Relay

Way to go, Huskies – your hard work continues to make us proud!

Special thank-you to Hudson parent, Dale, for these beautiful photos!!